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To: stephenjohnbanker; mkjessup; BraveMan
"C’Mon Landru. You know I’m a two wheel guy. I have no stories to tell in or out of school, unless you want to hear about my Kawasaki Triple that ate everything four wheeled alive back in the bad old days..."

Fellas, Braveman's a two wheel guy through & through.
BUT what he won't mention is he also acquired a li'l cherry, too.

A "Chili Pepper Red" Saturn Sky RL turbo. 265HP tucked into in a little more than a large roller skate. Cheap to run. 5 speed so very "interactive". Lightweight enhances performance. Great interior with all the niceties we've become accustomed and visually beautiful, to boot.
Problem is?
His biker pals will ostracize him if he verbally announces the car's pretty slick.
Talk about a close minded crowd of bigots. LOL

"I remember those! Very fast, and cheap price wise. They put out a 750 you could buy for 995.00 and they were all blue."

If they're what I'm thinking of? I worked with a guy who owned one. Drove it to work during warm weather as much as possible.
Thing is, IIIR it was purple with yellow striping. What about it, Braveman? What'd they look like?

Now it did fly; but, never knew they were gas guzzlers, either. Go figure. {shhhhhh} I learned something. LOL

590 posted on 10/19/2009 8:01:55 AM PDT by Landru (If you want to perform for 15 mins, 30 mins, 1 hour, 5 days, a YEAR! Call...)
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To: Landru; stephenjohnbanker; mkjessup
You're both right. Production was from the late ‘60s to the mid ‘70s. The color schemes varied according to the year.

They were truly evil handling bikes. But they were hard to catch below 100 mph. Nothing could touch them until Kawasaki upped the ante with the venerable Z1.

The thing is, by today's standards they're average performers at best . . .




Right now, for my four wheel fun, my head's in the clouds because my butt's in the Sky . . .

596 posted on 10/20/2009 3:34:23 AM PDT by BraveMan
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